tambourine
TAMBOURINE
tympanum. To play on the tambourine tympanum pulsare.
tympanum. To play on the tambourine tympanum pulsare.
tambourine:
1. tympănum (ty̆pănum, Catul. 63, 8): the t.s sounded, t. sonuerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 105 the tightly stretched t.s, t. tenta, Lucr. 2, 618. Fig.: of a mean style of oratory, the t. of eloquence, t. eloquentiae, Quint 5, 12, 21. To play the t., palmis impellere, Ov. M 4, 29; plangere, Catul. 64, 262: orbem digito temperare, Suet. Aug. 68: playing on the t., tympanizans, id. ib. A t.-player, tympănista, App. de Deo Socr. p. 49: tympănŏtrĭba, Pl. Truc. 2, 4, 79 (60) (used in contempt): a female t.-player, tympănistria, Sid. Ep. 1, 2, fin.
2. tympăniŏlum (dimin.): Arn. 6, fin.
1. tympănum (ty̆pănum, Catul. 63, 8): the t.s sounded, t. sonuerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 105 the tightly stretched t.s, t. tenta, Lucr. 2, 618. Fig.: of a mean style of oratory, the t. of eloquence, t. eloquentiae, Quint 5, 12, 21. To play the t., palmis impellere, Ov. M 4, 29; plangere, Catul. 64, 262: orbem digito temperare, Suet. Aug. 68: playing on the t., tympanizans, id. ib. A t.-player, tympănista, App. de Deo Socr. p. 49: tympănŏtrĭba, Pl. Truc. 2, 4, 79 (60) (used in contempt): a female t.-player, tympănistria, Sid. Ep. 1, 2, fin.
2. tympăniŏlum (dimin.): Arn. 6, fin.